Black Unicorn Pumpkin

We have finally arrived at Day 13 of the 13 Days of  Handmade Halloween and I'm so excited to be the one to close out our series with a DIY on how to make a Black Unicorn Pumpkin.

So, the story behind this idea was spontaneously inspired by my sweet friend, Cindy's Black Unicorn planner sticker designs that she sells in her Etsy shop, The Queen Pea!  I was looking for a white pumpkin for this project and couldn't find the right style or size.   There were bunches of black pumpkins available so, I figured...hey...I'll take a cue from Cindy and make a black unicorn! 

Also, my daughter loves unicorns right now and I know they're super trendy so, I figured, why not?  So, she and I worked on making her very own 'Uni-Pumpkin'.

Here's the how-to....

Supplies:

Craft Pumpkin (Black)
Adhesive Glittered Craft Foam 

Faux Flowers
Yarn
Yarn pompoms, various sizes
Puff Paint
Hot Glue

To create the unicorn pumpkin, first, cut out two sets of triangles in two sizes for the ears out of foam and glue them together and set aside.   Take about a 4" square of glittered foam and cut a curved end from the bottom of the square from one corner to the opposite corner, creating a curved triangle.  Shape the foam into a cone and twist to create a horn.  Set aside.

Next, create a loop 12"-15" of yarn by winding the yarn around a wide piece of cardboard.  You can also use your arm bent at the elbow.   Once you have the yarn looped as many times as you'd like (around 30-50 loops) you can tie it off at one end about 1/3 of the way from the top of one end of the yarn loop.  Then, cut each looped end in half.  This will be the mane.  Attach the mane with hot glue, leaving the 'stem' of the pumpkin exposed. 

Next, add the horn to the stem area and ears attach the ears  to the top of the pumpkin.  After that, hot glue yarn pompoms in various sizes in front of the horn and for a final touch,  a few faux flowers to the unicorn.

Then, using puff paint and draw on the eyes and mouth. 

This unicorn pumpkin is my fave thing made this far for Halloween since it is all my sweet girl's handmade creation.....and she just loves it

Thank you all so much for following along with this year's 13 Days of Handmade Halloween.  If you have not checked out all our projects, be sure to visit the link up at the end of this post.  Also...if you've made any of these projects, make sure you tag me @cwbdparties or use #13DOHH2017 on social media if you share your photos so we can give you some love!

A HUGE thank you to all of this year's makers, as well.  You all CAME THROUGH and knocked your projects out of the park, making this year's crafts one of the most spooktacular yet!  Love you, ladies bunches!

REMEMBER - you still have time to enter our giveaway for chance to win Halloween treats and decor from Oriental Trading Company !  You could win a $75 Gift Card just by following along with our series and makers for the #13DOHH2017.  Oriental Trading Company is my go to online store for all my Halloween party goodies so, be sure to enter below! 

This giveaway closes tonight, Wednesday, Oct. 18th at midnight.  The winner will be announced on Thursday, October 19th 3pm EST.  So be sure to check my Facebook, Twitter or Instagram to find out if you've won :)

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Spooky Halloween Framed Sign

HAPPY MONDAY!  It is DAY 11 of the 13 Days of Handmade Halloween and things are getting SPOOKY!  Paula Biggs over at Frog Prince Paperie is sharing a clever way to dress up your Halloween decor with a spooky framed signed.

I am definitely adding this idea to my list of must make crafts for Halloween!  I'm going to be so busy making all the things!  Thank you, Paula for sharing this idea, I'm loving the black and white details and that it can be made using my Cricut machine....ya know your girl loves her some Cricut projects.

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Frankenstein Cupcake Topper Template

So excited that we've made it to DAY 10 of the 13 Days of Handmade Halloween and today's delicious idea is from Pamela Smerker of Fronie Mae Bakes.  She's sharing a Frankenstein Cupcake Topper Template

These look like they are going to be so much fun to make with the kids and would be perfect for any Halloween party - thanks so much Pamela for sharing this spooky cute idea with us!

I hope you're enjoying all the fun and fantastic ideas that our #13DOHH2017 makers have shared.  Don't forget while you're here  to check out our awesome Handmade Halloween giveaway!  We have teamed up with  Oriental Trading Company who provided us with a $75 Gift Card to those following along.  Oriental Trading Company is my go to online store for all my Halloween party goodies so, be sure to enter!

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Halloween PopCorn Box Party 2017: Candy Corn Treat

I'm so excited to be participating, again, in creative blogger and illustrator, Laura Kelly's Halloween Popcorn Box party this year!

Laura sent me, along with a host of other talented bloggers, products from, Cost Plus World Market, Oriental Trading Company, Kunin Felt and Udderly Smooth .

I wanted to use all of the fun craft items that, Laura shipped to me.  So, I decided to make a candy corn felt tag and use the box as a nice Halloween treats gift and favor box.

To dress up my box, I started by grabbing a piece of scrapbook paper, tracing around one side of the box to create a template.  I cut out four pieces of the paper and then adhered them to the box to cover it up. 

Once that step was completed, I made my Candy Corn felt tag.  
To make the tag, I hand drew a triangle onto cardstock and rounded the corners.  If you don’t have a corner round punch, you can always use a cap from a water bottle and trace around that.  I traced my template and cut out the shape from a yellow, white and orange piece of felt. 

The same technique can be used to make the mouth layer for the tag, and you just would cut black felt in half once your circle is cut.  For the cheeks, I carefully traced around a pencil eraser and cut that out of pink felt.  

When all my layers of felt were cut, I stacked the layer together and cut 1/3 off the top of the orange layer, then 2/3 off of the yellow layer.   I used hot glue to attach all my pieces together and set it aside to dry.

Using some of the treats that Laura sent, I grabbed orange, yellow and white paper shred, added it to a clear bag, and placed the treats inside.  Then I added a little tag with some festive ribbon.  I also put some paper shred in the box with the clear bag of treats into the popcorn box.  Finally, I attached the felt candy corn tag with a mini paper clip!

I love the idea of upcycling a popcorn box to use as a fun gift giving idea.  The Halloween Popcorn Box Party is always so much fun!  Check out last year's popcorn box here.


Thanks to Laura for inviting me to participate again and thank you to Cost Plus World Market, Oriental TradingCompany, Kunin Felt and Udderly Smooth for all the items that were used to pull this fun gift idea together!.

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DIY Owl Costume

OMG the cute factor on today’s handmade project is off the charts adorable!  Welcome to Day 7 of the 13 Days of Handmade Halloween!  Today’s project is from the fabulous Miss Mimi Cute Lips!  She’s sharing how to make a DIY Owl Costume!

I mean……c’mon!  I told you the cute factor was off the charts adorable.  Now, go on and dig through your felt stash and get to making!  Snaps to you for Mimi for sharing this super cute costume!  I looooove it!

We’re past the halfway mark with some fantastic and fabulous Halloween crafts and projects.  If you’ve been following along, I hope you’re enjoying yourself and knee deep in hot glue, glitter, bat wings and felt!  

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Halloween Favor Box

It's Day 6 of the 13 Days of Handmade Halloween and this week we're off to a fun start with an Embossed Halloween Favor Box project from Blanca Flores of  Creativities Galore!

That box looks super fancy!  Can you imagine all the delicious treats and goodies that you can fill it with?  Check out all of the details on how you can make this Halloween craft here.


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Flamingo Trunk or Treat

YAY FOR HALLOWEEN!

I'm so excited to be part of the Trunk or Treat Blog Hop hosted by Nikki Willis of Tikkido.  Each year she rounds up some of the most fabulous creative bloggers and lets us share some pretty awesome ideas for decking out our rides for a trunk or treat.

This year, I was really into flamingos....I went to San Diego in April and visited the zoo during my stay and got to see these beautiful pink birds and was instantly hooked.  Everything was just flamingo this and that for me after that trip.  So, I figured, it would just make sense to round up my Halloween with a Flamingo themed trunk or treat!

Oh and if you're wondering what a trunk or treat is....it's a fun way for kids and families to trick or treat.  Usually hosted by community organizations, churches or neighborhoods, sometimes in parking lots or other outdoors spaces.  Folks dress up their vehicles...trunks and pass out candy or treats.  It's really fun and you should try it!

For this year's trunk or treat, I was lucky enough to again, work with my favorite party supplier, Oriental TradingCompany, to get some fun flamingo themed products.

If you need ideas on how to set up your trunk for a trunk or treat, I have some tips.  I always start with a fabric cloth...usually a dark one because it blocks the light.  I always tack the fabric and other items I am hanging up with t-pins or straight pins.  For my set up, I just hung a dark fabric behind a pink plastic table cover.  Then, I hung a Trick or Treat banner up using pins as well.

My next step was to create some sort of facade to somewhat dress up the not so pretty parts of hubby's car....and just really for overall decor.  Faux tropical leaves were perfect for this and I added a few pink balloons blown up at different sizes for a pop of color!  They almost look like flowers!  A few colorful streamers were added to the mix just to hide more of the car.  Here's another tip, use a strong double stick tape to hold items like this into place.  They attach to metal and plastic easily and can be taken off without leaving anything on the car.

I placed one of my go-to fabric coverings on the floor of the trunk.  The black and white stripes pick up the black and white colors in the Trick or Treat banner perfectly.  I added more pops of color with a few decorative paper rosettes, a pink feather boa, and striped balloons from Oriental TradingCompany.

...and I had to add a pink pumpkin....of course.

To finish everything off, I added a fun lightbox sign, wooden flamingos,  along with a few favor boxes filled with candy and flamingo pinwheels!  I chose my candy because they were 'sticks' as a nod to the long legs of the flamingos.

I always like to have a fun show stopper and this large inflatable flamingo was SO perfect!

A trunk or treat is all about having fun.  It doesn't have to always fit a typical Halloween theme - just use your imagination and go for it.

Thanks to Nikki for hosting this fun and fantastic blog hop again....and for always being so super sweet for having me back every year!  HUGS

Check out more Trunk or Treat ideas from the other bloggers participating in the Blog Hop!

1. Super Hero Trunk or Treat by Everyday Party Magazine
2. The Working Dead by Michelle's Party Plan-It
3. Glam Cemetary by Jordan's Easy Entertaining
4. Hocus Pocus Trunk or Treat by Pineapple Paper Co.



5. Monster City by Fronie Mae Bakes
6. Magic Trick Trunk or Treat by Piggy Bank Parties
7. Zombie Meat Market by Ritzy Parties
8. Alice in Wonderland Trunk or Treat by A Lovely Design


9. Super Mario Trunk or Treat by Frog Prince Paperie
10. Just Treats Trunk or Treat by Jen T. By Design
11. Harry Potter Trunk or Treat by Tikkido


12.  Bug Bistro by Fern and Maple
13.  Boo Spectacular from A to Zebra Celebrations
14. Flamingo Trunk or Treat by Cupcake Wishes and Birthday Dreams

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